Chapter Seven
But he is so small…
Sesshomaru came out of his rooms after bathing and getting changed. He was getting ready to head out to visit the Northern Wolf Tribe. He wanted to stop by and see Inuyasha before he left. He was unsure what leaving the hanyou would mean for him. He made his way down the hallway towards Inuyasha's room.
When he opened the door he saw Miroku placing Inuyasha in the covers of the bed.
"Ah!" Inuyasha said as he lifted his good arm and grabbed at the air past Miroku in the direction of Sesshomaru.
"My Lord I just took care of his needs and I gave him a bath." Miroku said with a smile.
Sesshomaru nodded and made his way over to the bed. Miroku moved out of the way and allowed the Lord to come up to the bed. Inuyasha continued to make little noises and reach out to Sesshomaru.
"Ok little one." Sesshomaru said as he sat down on the bed and lifted Inuyasha into his arms.
Inuyasha gave a toothless smile and held onto Sesshomaru's robes.
"When will you be heading out my Lord?" Miroku asked as he settled himself in one of the armchairs in the corner of the room.
"As soon as I can." Sesshomaru replied as he began to pet Inuyasha and play with his good ear. "Will the poison come back now that I will be leaving the castle?"
"Yes I think so my Lord. It is a failsafe that is built into the collar. It is designed to incapacitate the wearer when the Master is not nearby so it eliminates the chances of running away." Miroku responded.
"Will it be a problem for him?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha began to rumble at the good feeling of being pet by his master.
"I think that it will incapacitate him but as long as you come back before his human night he should be ok."
Sesshomaru liked that answer. There was no reason why this trip shouldn't take him a day or two. He didn't like that Inuyasha was still going to be sick but he knew that there would not be a problem.
Sesshomaru held onto Inuyasha as Inuyasha continued to rumble at being pet. As much as it scared him this little being was his responsibility now. He couldn't get rid of him even if he tried.
"I think that he is going to start teething again within the next couple of days. He most likely will be feverish and cranky during the whole thing." Miroku said.
Sesshomaru looked at the small bundle in his arms. It was kind of hard to believe that he would have to go through teething again even though he was already around four in human years.
"I must go." Sesshomaru said. He stood up and he laid Inuyasha back down in the bed. He then turned to him, "you behave for Miroku. I will come back so there is no need to panic, ok?"
Inuyasha slowly nodded but his lip still protruded out like he was going to start crying.
Sesshomaru then left the room to begin his journey. Inuyasha began to quietly start crying.
"Don't worry Inuyasha, Lord Sesshomaru will return." Miroku assured as he went over to the bed to pick up Inuyasha and hold him.
Inuyasha continued to cry his little heart out into Miroku's shoulder.
It didn't take long for Sesshomaru to reach the Northern Wolf Tribe. When he arrived he arrived mid battle. The wolves were trying their best to hold back three birds of paradise that were trying to go after some of the older wolves for food.
Sesshomaru quickly used his whip and sliced the three birds of paradise without any trouble at all. They were a fairly low level demon.
All the attention was then diverted back to him after the three birds of paradise were killed.
"My Lord." One of the older wolves approached him.
"I have been sent by my father to help you with the birds of paradise." Sesshomaru replied disinterested.
"Yes thank you for coming to our rescue. We lost our Alpha ten years ago and our current Alpha is too young to take over the pack." The old wolf replied.
"How young is the Alpha that he cannot defend the tribe?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Prince Kouga is only 75 years old. He is still a pup my Lord."
"Only 75?" Sesshomaru asked. No wonder why the wolf tribe was having problems. They were without an adequate alpha leader.
"Yes my Lord. We keep him safe but that is all that we can do at this point." The old wolf walked in front of the Lord and led him to a small cave.
Sesshomaru entered the cave and saw the small prince curled up on top of a makeshift bed.
"Who are you?" The cub asked not caring who he was talking to.
"Kouga-sama you need to mind your manners to the Prince of the West!" The old wolf admonished.
"I don't care who he is." Kouga said as he pouted and turned to face away from Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru knew that he needed to put the brat in his place.
He gave out a murderous flare of youki and the whole room trembled at the power of it. Finally when he was done he retracted his aura. Kouga was hunched over on the bed with his arms over his head.
"Went a little overboard didn't you?" Kouga asked as he recovered from the major flash our aura.
"You will mind your tongue when you are talking with me pup or I will bend you over my knee and remind you who is your alpha." Sesshomaru growled.
"Ok, ok sorry don't get your tail in a twist." Kouga growled.
Sesshomaru was seething. This little ungrateful whelp was testing his patience. He looked Kouga over. He appeared to be five or six in human years. He looked healthy unlike the hanyou he left at home. He looked like he was pampered by the wolf tribe.
"Mind your tongue lest I rip it out." Sesshomaru growled as he picked Kouga up by the scruff of his neck.
"You can't touch me I am a Prince and you are here to help us." Kouga smirked.
"Try me whelp." Sesshomaru growled.
The old wolf cleared his throat.
"Please don't mind him my Lord he has been a like this since we lost our alpha, his father."
Sesshomaru did not care. This ungrateful little urchin was testing his patience.
Sesshomaru dropped Kouga on the bed and walked out of the room to leave the spoiled prince behind.
"Hey! Hey! Are you gonna help us or what?" Kouga yelled as he rolled off of the bed.
"I have not decided yet whelp." Sesshomaru answered as he walked past Kouga and continued to walk out of the cave. He needed some air.
It had taken Inuyasha a good hour to stop crying before he tired out and fell asleep. Inuyasha had been asleep for four hours and Miroku was reading in the room.
They then felt a murderous aura and Inuyasha began to toss and turn in his bed. Miroku felt it to and before he could get up from the chair the door opened to reveal the Lady of the West standing in the doorway.
"My Lady!" Miroku exclaimed before he rose from the chair to give a bow.
"Leave us." She commanded leaving little room for debate.
Miroku knew that it would be a bad idea to leave Inuyasha with the Lady but he had little choice in the matter there was no way that he could hold his own against the Lady of the West.
"Yes my Lady." Miroku replied before he bowed and left.
Inu no Taisho felt his mate's murderous aura and thought the worst. Of course with Sesshomaru away she would take to opportunity to kill the hanyou that put a dark mark on her family.
He raced through the castle towards the hanyou's room but when he opened the door he was not prepared for what he saw.
Inuyasha was curled up on the bed crying his little eyes out and his mate was standing next to the bed.
He did not say anything instead he reached for the hanyou and picked him up in his arms and bounced him up and down trying to get him to stop crying and shielding him from his mate.
"Hush little one it will be alright." Inu no Taisho mumbled as he continued to bounce the crying child to get him to calm down.
His mate had not moved from her spot. She was frozen in place. She was no longer oozing murderous aura which was a good sign for Inu no Taisho.
He continued to rub Inuyasha's back as he started to calm down. He buried his head in Inu no Taisho's shoulder as he continued to cry softly.
"Talk to me mate. What is wrong?" Inu no Taisho finally asked after Inuyasha had calmed down.
It took a while for his mate to answer. "He is so small." She said barely above a whisper.
Inu no Taisho exhaled while still holding Inuyasha close to him and moved to sit on the bed still cradling him in his arms.
"He has been through a lot in his short life." Inu no Taisho replied. "He was used and abused by his previous master in the worst ways."
"He is so small." She repeated again. "I was so ready to come down here and to kill him, but I saw how small he was." A couple of tears shed from her eyes as she said the last part of it.
Inuyasha stopped crying and sniffed the air. He could smell the tears coming from Inu Tsu Kimi and he looked over his shoulder and smelled that she was crying. He was shocked. No one else had ever cried in front of him before.
"Ah!" Inuyasha said as he pushed against Inu no Taisho and reached out to the Lady of the West.
"What is it little one?" Inu no Taisho asked as Inuyasha squirmed in his arms.
"Ah! Ah!" Inuyasha said again as he started to squirm towards Inu Tsu Kimi.
"I think that he wants you to hold him my mate." Inu no Taisho mused.
Inu Tsu Kimi was frozen in her place. She did not know what to do. She was unsure if she wanted to touch the impurity.
"I don't-" she started.
"Just hold him." Inu no Taisho replied as he made his way over to his mate.
He then gently placed Inuyasha in his mate's arms. Inu Tsu Kimi held Inuyasha at an arm's length afraid to get close to him.
"Oh! Oh!" Inuyasha said as he squirmed in her hold ears swiveling trying to get a sense of what was going on.
So many things were going through her head as she held onto the hanyou.
What seemed like forever for Inu no Taisho but was really just two minutes the damn broke and Inu Tsu Kimi started to cry and then she pulled the hanyou to her body.
"Ohph!" Inuyasha said as the air was squeezed out of his lungs.
"My mate?" Inu no Taisho asked.
"How could anyone harm such an innocent pup?" She said as she cried and continued to hold onto Inuyasha.
Inuyasha started to whine and nuzzle into Inu Tsu Kimi's shoulder as a way to try to make her feel better. She sat on the bed and continued to hold onto him as she cried.
She had been so wrong. He wasn't an impurity, he was a living breathing being. It was just an innocent child that managed to worm his way into her son's cold heart.
It was a good ten minutes before she finished crying. She still held Inuyasha close to her on the bed.
"It feels good to have a pup in my arms again." She said.
"I said the same thing earlier. I think Sesshomaru's pet will be good for all of us. He will have a good life here." Inu no Taisho said as he smiled at his mate.
I know that this chapter was short but I wanted to make a quick update to this story. For those that are interested in Naruto check out the new story "Remember me" that I started to write. Please review they encourage me to write!